About Patrick Macnamara
Lived 1886 – 1957 (aged 71). Patrick Macnamara was a British naval officer.
Rear-Admiral Sir Patrick Macnamara (11 January 1886 – 4 April 1957) was a Royal Navy officer.
Naval career Educated at Bradfield College and the training ship HMS Britannia, Macnamara joined the Royal Navy in January 1901. He served as gunnery officer in the battlecruiser HMS Tiger during the First World War. he was given command of the cruiser HMS Effingham in October 1927 and then the battleship HMS Nelson in September 1933 before retiring in 1936.
He was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 13 June 1946.
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Who was Patrick Macnamara?
Royal Navy officer
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Patrick Macnamara was born on 11 January 1886.
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Patrick Macnamara died on 4 April 1957.
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Patrick Macnamara was a naval officer.
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Patrick Macnamara was British.
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